Post-mold.



G. H. FBNSKE.

POST MOLD.

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GUSTAV H. FENSKE, 0F CLARK, MISSOURI.

POST-MOLD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 20, 1910.

Application iled .Tune 15, 1909. Serial No. 502,265.

This invention relates to molds for producing fence posts, and one of the principal' `obJects of the Isame is to provide means for stretching the longitudinal reinforcing wires so that when the post is molded the reinforcing Wires will be straight and will occupy a ydefinite uniform position in each ost.

Another object of the invention is to provide a post mold comprising hinged members which may be readilyr opened out to remove the molded article.

Still another object is to provide a mold comprising hinged members, means for stretching the longitudinal reinforcing wires and providing removable pins for forming the holes through the body of the post for the line wires of the fence.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,-

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a post mold made in accordance with my invention, one of the hinged members of the mold being thrown open. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section taken through the mold. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, lookingin the direction indicated by the arrow.

Referring to the drawing, the numerals 1 designate the members of the mold connected together by `hinges 2, one of said members being provided with a latch 3 `adapted to engage a staple or other fastengage said bolts or pins at the upper end by means of hooks 11 formed in the said reinforcing Wires. The lower ends of the reinforcing wires 10 extend through the bottom 12 of the mold, said bottom being provided with slots 13 through which said reinforcing wires 10 pass. The lower ends of the wires 10 are provided with hooks 14, and connected t0 said hooks are the stretching bolts 15, said bolts passing through brackets or stirrups 16 connected in any suitable manner at 17 to the members 1. The bolts 15 are provided with threaded ends upon which the nuts 17c are fitted. Extending through holes 18 in the members 1 are pins 19 designed to form the holes in the post for the line wires. At a point nearly central in the mold is a bolt 20, one end of which is bent to form a head 21, the opposite end being threaded and provided with a nut 22 for drawing the members 1 together.

The operation of m invention may be briefly described as ollows: The reinforcing wire 10 having been pro erly stretched in the mold and the pins 19 p aced in position, the material forming the post is poured in or inserted in the mold, and after it has been artially set the cap 5 is swung open and tllije pins 19 removed, after which the members 1 are opened out to permit the removal of the molded article.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that the ditiiculty heretofore experienced in placing reinforcing rods or wires in the fence posts is obvlated, owing to the fact that these wires are properly stretched and positioned uniformly in the post. Heretofore many osts have been destroyed owing to bent and misplaced reinforcing rods or wires.

A fence post mold comprising sides hingedly connected together, bolts loosely mounted in openings formed in opposing sides adjacent their upper ends, a bottom bridging the space between the sides at their lower ends, said bottom being formed with slots, brackets depending from and secured to the outer surfaces of the opposing sides, said brackets including lateral portions underlying the mold bottom, adjusting bolts mounted for longitudinal adjustment in lateral portions of the brackets7 the respec-4 tive 'mold Sidesbeing formed With a `series of horizontally alined openings, Vthebolts at the uper end of the mold and the adjust mold permitting thepassage of reinforcing Wires through Said bottom.

Intestimony--Whereofll aflix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

GUSTAV H. FENSKE. Witnesses S. P. HULEN, W. E. BROWN. 

